MRX
was constructed in 1995, achieving first plasma in October of that year.
Since then, many important and exciting experimental
results and publications
have come from research on this machine. MRX
is jointly supported by NASA,
NSF, and DOE.

A
soft X-ray image of the sun taken by the Yohkoh satellite.
Reconnection is thought to play a role in coronal heating. Click
to enlarge.

The
charged particles which create the aurora are thought to be
accelerated through magnetic reconnection. Click
to enlarge.